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CREMATION SERVICES
Cremation is an alternative to the coral reef in the ocean, they can be
burial process and it is chosen by launched into space, or they can
many people because of religious be spun into glass pieces of art or
beliefs, the desire to preserve the diamonds.
environment or it was requested
by the person who died. Cremation Some religions welcome cremation
can be a less expensive option in while others forbid it. The Catholic
comparison to a burial. The remains Church had banned cremation up until
are placed in a container that is 1963, but now accepts it. The Catholic
combustible and placed in a special Church does prefer to have the body
furnace called a cremation chamber present at the Funeral Mass followed
or a crematory where through intense with Cremation. In other Christian
heat is reduced to bone fragments denominations cremation was
that are then reduced to resemble historically discouraged but nowadays
course sand. The cremated remains it is more widely accepted. In eastern
of an average adult body will weigh religions such as Hinduism, Jainism,
about 6-9 pounds. Cremation is not Sikhism and Buddhism cremation is
an alternative to a funeral, but rather mandated, while in Islam it is strictly
an alternative to burial or other forms forbidden. Orthodox Jews also forbid
of disposition. cremation; other sects of Judaism
support cremation, but burial remains
Cremated remains can be scattered the preferred option.
or buried, or they may be kept with
the family in a decorative urn. There Visit our website to view a wide range
are many new and different ways to of Urns and keepsakes available:
dispose of ashes today, cremated www.donohuefuneralhome.ca
remains can be placed in an artificial
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